Free Verse · Family
A Wish with a Face
We painted a room for a rumor,
bought socks for a hope,
hummed songs to a heartbeat
flickering on a screen —
and now here you are:
our wish, with a face.
Original poem © QuillOak — personal sharing is permitted.
“A Wish with a Face” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/a-wish-with-a-face
Quick facts
- Poem
- A Wish with a Face
- Poet
- The QuillOak Editors
- Length
- 6 lines
- Form
- Free Verse
- Themes
- Family, Hope, Happiness, Short
Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
Original QuillOak text. Personal sharing is permitted; other reuse requires permission.
- Author record
- The QuillOak Editorstoday
- Source record
- QuillOak originalA Wish with a Face, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 3f7d8b750c8dd919…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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